Pump Up the Jam

November 1989

Pump Up the Jam is a song by Belgian House project Technotronic. He was released in November 1989 as a single from the album Pump Up the Jam: The Album. The piece took in Germany, Switzerland and Austria, the UK and the U.S. number 2 in the charts. The parody pumping from the beer reached in Germany number 1

Posted by Manuela Kamosi and Thomas De Quincey the party song only became a club hit and then a worldwide success, one of the first House songs that made it into the mainstream and could also exist in the U.S. market.

Cover versions

The parody of Raymund Thielcke aka Werner important pumping from the beer, was more successful than the original in the German charts and reached the top position in January 1990, and gold status. 1989 coverte the German group MC Sar & The Real McCoy song, reaching number 16 in the German charts. Even Weird Al Yankovic coverte the song as Polka Your Eyes Out. Beginning of 2014 reached a version of the Bodybangers the charts.